Wall-paper pasting and cutting device.



No. 830,616. PATENTED SEPT. 1 1 190s.

M. A. ROBERTS.

WALL PAPER PASTING AND CUTTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1906,

i Pr"- WITNESSES: v 'INVENTOR. p 30 Z15 1 I 4' 1/ 5@ 1/! I ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. .MILTON A. ROBERTS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.- wALL-PAPER PASTlNG AND CUTTING DEVICE No. 830,61 i Specification of Letters Patent Patented Sept. 11, 1903 Application filed January 2, 1906. Serial No. 294,198.

To all whom it may concern: The rear partition projects somewhat above Be it known that I, MILTON A. ROBERTS, a the paste-reservoir, but terminates short of citizen of the United States, residing atxChithe top edge of the box and has its u per edge cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illibeveled, as at 5, to form a pa er-guige, as will 60 '5 1101s, have invented a-new and useful Wallbe hereinafter described. he supply-reser- Paper Pasting and Cutting Device, of which voir divides the box or case into a rear comthe following is a specification. partment 6 and a front compartment 7 for This invention relates to devices for trimthe paste, communication being had from the ming, cutting into strips, and ap lying paste reservoir to the paste-chamber through the 65 10 to wall-paper preparatory to anging the -medium' of one or more openings 8, formed same. through the lower edge the front of the I I The object of the present invention is to su ly-reservoir. J. provide for cutting and trimmin the paper en the device is not in use, it should be.

after the paste has been applied t ereto. In earned or stood with'itsfront end uppermost v7o I this connection it is proposed to effect conin order that the paste inthe chamber 7fmay. venient adjustment of the cutting and trimrun back through the opening 8 into the resmingmechanism without re uiring adjustervoir defined by the artitions 2 and 3 and ment of any other part of the" evice. thetop member 4, w ereb spillingof the A further object is to provide for shiftin paste is avoided, removal 0 the pasteis notv 75 '20 the cutting mechanism away from the'wor necessar and the paste suffers no deteriorawithout affecting its adjustment, so as to ention whi e standing in the supply-reservoir in able the passing of the paper around the pa-v the intervals between interrupted operations per-guide in a convenient and satisfactory of the-apparatus. 7 manner without interference by the cutting Within the frame 6 is a roller 9, journaled 2 5 mechanism. in the opposite sides of the box and detach- With these and other objects in view the able therefrom for the convenient reception present invention consists in the combination of a roll of wall-paper 10. WI thlIl thepasteand arrangement of parts, as will be herecompartment 7 there is a suitable pasteinafter more fully'described, shown in the roller or rotatable'brush 11,. which is jour- 5 3o accompanying drawings, and particularly naled transversely in the compartment and. pointed out in the appended claims, it being is designed to be rotated by the movement of understood that changes in the form, .proporthe paper thereacross. However, the paste tion, size, and minor details may be made roller or brush is provided with a crank-hanwithin the S00 e of the claims without dedle 12 for convenience in rotating the brush 9 i parting from t e spirit or sacrificing any of independentlyof the movement on the part I of 't the advantages f th invention-j e' paper.' In rear of the paste-brush In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal there is a 'de-roll 13, having its under face sectional View of a wall-paper cutting and located'be ow the upper face of the brush, and

pasting device embod g the features of the in rear of the brush there is another 'de- 95 '40 present invention. ig. 2 is an end view roll 14, having its under face disposed elow thereof. Fig. 3 is a-plan view of the cutting the up er face of the-brush. The paper is led mechanism. T from the paper-roll 1 0 forwardly across the 1 Similar numerals of reference designate 'de 5, beneath the guide-roll 13,over the corresponding parts in all'of the figures of the hi i ish 11, beneath the guideroll 14, around 100 drawings. and rearwardly therefrom to the usual work- The resent device includes. a comparatable, whereby paste is taken up by the brush tively shallow and substantially'rectangular 11 and applied to the under side of the pa er, box 1, having an open top. Located cenwhich is of course the rearside when app 'ed I trally within the box and extending entirely to a wall. As the. paper is needed the free, r 5

- across the same is a supply tank ,or reservoir end portion thereof isdrawn across the workfor containing a supply of paste. This resertable, whereby the paper is unrolled from the voir is preferably made up of -a rear trans-- roll -10 and the paste is applied thereto in a verse partition 2, a front partition 3, some convenient and thoroughly-satisfactory manwhat shorter than the rear partition, and a ner. As hereinbefore indicated, it is. pro- 110 v top 4, which extends between the partitions posed to. cut and trim the paper after the and is located below the top edge of the box. paste has been applied thereto, and in this I its peripheral cutting I ism. After the paper ing above the top of the box and provided with -ception of a rotary'disk cutter 21, which has the slot 18 and is preferably rectan lar to the cutters is swung away normal position with the cutting-disks 21 gitudinal strips,

connection it is proposed to make use of the 'de-roll 14 as a bed or support against which the cutters are designed to act.

The cutting mechanism includes a frame made up of uprights 15, havin their lower ends pivotally supported upon t e exterior of the box 1, as at 16, the up er ends of the up rights rising a suitable distance above t e open top of the box. The upper ends of the uprights are connected by a cross-bar 17, ly-

a longitudinal slot 18,- which extends the entire width of the box. Upon the crossbar 17 is mounted a pair of cutter-su porting brackets, each bracket comprising ahody 19, located at the rear side of the cross-bar and having its end bifurcated, as at 20, for the 'reedge normally bearing aga nst the roll 14. The body 19 is provide with a reduced stem 22, which is sl dable in revent rotation of the stem in the s ot.

eaded clamping-screw 23 pierces the forward end of the stem 22, and a suitable washer 24 is interposed between the crossbar and the head of the screw, whereby the bracketmay be fixed at any position u on the cross-bar between the sides of the ox. Suitable springs 25 extend between each of thcuprights 15 and the adjacent side of the box or case 1, so as to yieldably hold the cutters in engagement with the roll 14.

Preparatory to passing the paper around the guide-roll 14the frame for the support of from the box, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawin s, whereby the paper may be convenient y passed around the roll without interference on the part of the cutting mechanhas been passed around the roll the frame is permitted to resume its bearing against the paper. Upon drawing out upon the free end of the paper said paper will not only have paste applied thereto, but will be trimmed at its edges or cut into lonaccording to the adjustment of the cutting-disks, without requiring any manipulation beyond the drawing out of the paper.

The advantage of cutting and trimming the paper after paste has been applied thereto is that it effectually prevents the accidental applicatlon of paste to'the front side of the paper, which is an objection that 00- curs when the paper is cut prior to the application of the paste thereto, as the bristles of the brush throw the paste up through theslits in the ppper, and such paste falls back upon the rig t side of the aper or strikes the right side 0 the portion 0 the paper which is being drawn away from the gu1de-roll 14.

Ha thus described the invention, what. i

is claime is v 1. A device of the class described comprising a frame, a guide disposed transversely across the top of the frame, arms rising from opposite sides ofthe frame, a cross-bar connectin the arms above the frame, brackets carrie by and adjustable upon the cross-bar, and cutters carried by the brackets and-en gaging the guide. 0

2. A device of the class described comprising a paste-receptacle, a rotary brush therein, arms rising from the receptacle at one side of the brush, a guide between the brush and the arms, a cross-bar connecting the arms above receptacle, and a cutter carried the'top of the by the cross-bar in cooperative relation with the guide.

' 3. A device of the class described comprising a paste-receptacle which is open at itstop, a rotary brush therein, a swinging frame rising from the receptacle at one side of the brush, a guide across the top of the receptacle between the brush and the arms, a cutter carried by the frame in cooperative relation with the guide, and a spring en aging the frame to yieldably maintain 't e cutter against the guide.

4. A device of the class described comprising a paste-receptacle which is open at its top, a rotary brush within the receptacle, arms pivotally rising from the opposite sides of the receptacle at one side of the brush, a guide-roller mounted across the receptaclev between the brush and the arms, acrossar connecting the arms above the receptacle, a pair of brackets adjustable longitudinally upon the cross-bar, rotary cutters carried by the brackets and engaging the roller, and a spring to yield'ably hold the arms at their rear limits with the cutters in engagement with the roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' MILTON A. ROBERTS. .Witnesses:

HERMAN G. KRUEGER,

C. W. CUNNINGHAM. 

